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B e S p i r i t f i l l e d a n d m a k e d i s c i p l e s !

D e c e m b e r 9 , 2 0 1 8

37588 Fremont Blvd. Fremont 94536

Parish: (510) 797-1660 School: (510) 793-3553

Preschool: (510) 793-2013 info@holyspiritfremont.org

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Weekend Weekday

5:00 pm (Saturday Vigil) Mon. - Fri.: 7:00 & 8:15 am

7:15 am | 9:00 am Wednesday: 6:30 pm

10:45 am | 12:30 pm 1st Friday: 7:30 pm

5:00 pm Saturday: 7:00 & 8:15 am

Mass Schedule

This Weekend | After Masses—Holy Spirit T-shirts for sale and Ladies in Stitches raffle ticket sale (please note, T-shirts will not be for sale after the Sat. 5:00 pm Mass.)

December 12 | 5:00 am—Feast of our Lady of Guada-lupe Mananitas and bilingual Mass, see page 3. December 13 | 7:00 pm—Holy Spirit Christmas Con-cert, see page 3. December 16—24 | 5:30 am—Simbang Gabi Masses, see page 6 for ways to get involved. Now—December 15—Share Christmas! See page 5. Sale in the Gift Shop | Month of December—40% off everything! (except wine) | 10% off white wine.

Upcoming Events!

Our Vision: Be a

flourishing community of

intentional disciples

shining as beacons of

Christ.

Pray for Our Recently Departed Hazel Patlen, Markus Maurisa,

Jose Freitas, Adeline Toste

Please note: our prayer list is refreshed every week. Feel free to call the office to include your loved one for the week: (510) 797-1660.

Pray for our Sick Sol Ogatis, Norma Jean Soliz, Krysia

Thomas, Anh Ngo, Lucille Ubaldo, Sal DiGeronimo, Ben Gabel, Molly Gabel, Leo

Cruz, Tita Cruz, Irene Drobick, Pamela Richardson

Birthday Blessings Edna Ahern, Joni Dribick, Michi Yee,

Anna Yee, Eleanor Valencia, Shirley Banoa, Thom Nguyen

Sunday, December 9 | Second Sunday of Advent

Bar 5:1-9; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 1:4-6, 8-11; Lk 3:1-6

5:00 pm (Saturday Vigil)

For the People of Holy Spirit Parish

7:15 am Teodora Triunfo †, Cipriano Triunfo †, Ore Stes

9:00 am Espirita Gonzales †, Rizalina E. Estavillo, Rhamcie Camacho & Family

10:45 am Sebastian & Concetta Manzitto †, Arcadio Maranan †, Dela Cruz & Lundag Family

12:30 pm Anthony Castillo †, Marina Vargas Arze †, Engracio Jr. & Adam Abagat †

5:00 pm Tan & Fisher Families †, Cynthia Macasaet, Susan Lorenz

Monday, December 10 | Monday of the Second Week of Advent; International Human Rights Day

Is 35:1-10; Ps 85:9-14; Lk 5:17-26

7:00 am Tom Hildenbrand †, Dakila Baltazar †

8:15 am Eulalia Villamor, Eduardo Pacheco

Tuesday, December 11 | Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent; St. Damasus I

Is 40:1-11; Ps 96:1-3, 10ac, 11-13; Mt 18:12-14

7:00 am Lucy, Franco Family

8:15 am Charles Schafer †

Wednesday, December 12 | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Zec 2:14-17 or Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Jdt 13:18bcde, 19; Lk 1:26-38 or Lk 1:39-47

5:30 am Laudemer Arboleda †

7:00 am Giovanni Tanael

8:15 am Joanne De Torres, Arthur Agpalasin

6:30 pm Cristianna Grace Macasaet

Thursday, December 13 | Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr

Is 41:13-20; Ps 145:1, 9-13ab; Mt 11:11-15

7:00 am Jose Aguinaldo †

8:15 am Antonio Constantino †

Friday, December 14 | Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church

Is 48:17-19; Ps 1:1-4, 6; Mt 11:16-19

7:00 am Laudemer Arboleda †

8:15 am Kyle Atikus Isidore Barnes

Saturday, December 15 | Saturday of the Second Week of Advent

Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80: 2ac, 3b, 15-16, 18-19; Mt 17:9a, 10-13

7:00 am Felicidad Mislang

8:15 am Dennis Oliveira †

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Confession Saturday: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Thursday before 1st Fri-day: 3:30 p.m. Weekdays: Call for an appointment. Eucharistic Adoration Perpetual Adoration is ongoing in our Governo House Adoration Chap-el. Temporarily closed 9 pm—6 am. Anointing of the Sick 1st Saturday at 11:00 a.m. All seniors and those seriously ill or anticipating surgery are invited to attend. Next Mass January 5. Sacraments For Baptism, First Com-munion, Confirmation, Adult Sacraments, Mar-riage, Anointing of the Sick or Funeral call the office at 510-797-1660 or check out holyspiritfremont.org. Interested in Catholicism? Learn about Jesus, the Catholic faith, or be-come Catholic: (510) 456-4975.

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

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What’s Happening at Holy Spirit?

Holy Spirit Pictures of the Year Turn in your pictures by December 14!

It’s that time of year again! Our last bulletin of the year (December 30) will feature the best pictures from parishioners and ministries from the 2018 year. Please send as many pictures as you would like to el-len@holyspiritfremont.org by December 14 for a chance to be featured! The winning pictures will be selected by the staff and dis-played throughout the bulletin on December 30.

Ladies in Stitches raffle and sale After Masses December 9 | Raffle tickets for sale

After Masses December 16 | Annual sale

On December 9 and December 16 Ladies in Stitches will be in St. Francis Plaza selling raffle tickets and handmade items. Raffle tickets are one for $1.00 and six for $5.00. All proceeds will be donated to Holy Spirit School. Come check us out!

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 5:00 am | December 12

Come join us as we celebrate the Mananitas and Early Morning Mass to Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12th at 5:00 am fol-lowed by a continental breakfast at the de Sousa House.

Holy Spirit Parish Christmas Concert 7:00 pm | December 13

Our parish Christmas Concert is on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 7:00pm in the church! Please join us for an evening of song, prayer, and joy as our music ministry team performs the songs of the season. And we'll have a few surprise guests and solo perfor-mances as well!

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FORMED pick of the week Go to holyspiritfremont.formed.org, or go to our homepage at holyspiritfremont.org and click the link to be taken to FORMED. Our pick of the week will be on the top of the Community page. We will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the 12th. A good preparation to participate in the feast is to watch the movie 1531, the story that is not finished yet. It tells the story of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Tepeyac Hill near the City of Mexico. It is the best movie about the apparitions, factual and well pre-sented. When I watched it, I learned a lot of material infor-mation that most people do not know about Our Lady, the Em-press of the Americas, and her message to all of us, peoples of these lands (from Canada to Chile and Argentina) without ex-ception. Enjoy! - Dn. Rigo

During the season of Advent, we wait. The Messiah is on His way and John the Baptist starts to announce His coming in the Rosary’s second Joyous Mystery, the Visitation when he jumps in his mother’s (St Elizabeth) womb upon Mother Mary coming to support her cousin who is in the third term of her pregnancy. In today’s Gospel, John continues what he started in his mother’s womb and begins announcing the public appearance of this Messiah of God. We need to heed his advice and be attentive, prayerful, reflective. We need to discern what is it that this Messiah brings us. We must listen to His Good News of redemption and after discerning on them we need to start acting them out.

We must witness, preparing His way, straightening paths for others to be able to come to praise and worship with us. We must inspire others to know and believe that the promise includes everybody working to make His presence real to everyone. It is good that we have an excellent model to do this in His Mother, Mary. We can take up her FIAT, her YES, to the call of The LORD and try as best we can mirror her humility, her dedication to her Son. In this Season of Advent, let us dedicate to the cause by praying, reflecting, meditating, discerning what is it that The LORD wants us to do for Him. Let us come together as a community of faith to praise and worship, then serve Him and His Mission by adding our own efforts as Mary did, actively yet humbly, totally, and completely abandoning to His Will. In Jesus’ name.

From the Desk of Dcn. Rigo...

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Clergy Fr. Kenneth L. Sales, Pastor 510-456-4964

Fr. Lee Chompoochan, Parochial Vicar 510-797-1660 Fr. Matthew Murray, Parochial Vicar 510-456-4965 Dcn. Rigo Cabezas, Dir. of Rel. Ed. 510-456-4975

Dcn. Chuck Glover, Pastoral Care 510-789-8652 Dcn. Steve Lewellyn, RCIA 510-797-1660 Dcn. Tim Roberto, RCIA 510-598-7408 Dcn. Emeritus Richard Yee, Retired

Departments Business/Maintenance: Jeff Van der Sluis (510) 456-4970 Facilities Scheduling: Rosalyn Jose (510) 456-4995 Faith Formation and Youth Ministry Office: (510) 456-4974 Music: Paul Orella (510) 673-3873 Safe Environment: Keiru Bakke (510) 456-4972 Society of St. Vincent de Paul: (510) 797-3672

We’re Open! Parish Office:

M-F. 9:00 - 5:00 Closed Wednesday Sat. & Sun. 9:00 - 2:00

Faith Formation/De Sousa House Office:

M-Th 8:30 - 4:30 Gift Shop:

Sun. 8:30 - 2:00

Parish Library: Sun. 9:00 - 12:30

Kidzone 9 am, 10:45 am,

& 12:30 pm Masses We offer free care for your preschooler every Sunday. We are located downstairs under-neath the church. Please stop by and visit us! More info call Fran at (510) 456-4974.

News and Events

Holy Spirit T-shirts back on Sale! After Masses | December 9 | St. Francis Plaza

Holy Spirit T-shirts are on sale after Masses on December 9! Please note that the Saturday 5 pm Mass will not have T-shirts for sale, but they are always available to purchase in the office. Shirts are $15 each and if you buy 3 or more they are $13. A Holy Spirit T-shirt is a great Christmas gift!

Share Christmas Return your gifts by Saturday, December 15!

The Share Christmas Program has begun, grab a tag off the trees around the Church and return gifts by December 15! We will deliver all gifts that weekend. PLEASE put your gifts in a gift bag with the self-adhesive tag attached. If you wrap them we will have to un-wrap them to check the gift.

Holy Spirit Preschool NOW ENROLLING!

One available spot left in our 3's class!

Come and join our preschool family! Our 3-year-old (child MUST be 3 by September 1, 2018) class offers a variety of opportunities for your child to explore their world through play! We of-fer both structured and unstructured play filled with music, art, dance, story time, and much more. If you are interested, schedule an appoint-ment at (510) 793-2013.

Vocation Cross Program The Vocation Cross Program is put on hold to make way for the Advent Season and Christmas. It was launched in August 2018 and with God's grace, gathered sufficient sign-ups to cover a 4-month period. The Program will resume at an appropriate time in 2019. A heartfelt thanks to everyone!

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St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry

Heading to the store this week? Consider pick-ing up a few items for our SVdP food pantry: Canned Spaghetti Sauce Macaroni and Cheese Peanut Butter

Thank you in advance! Please drop off non-perishable food donations at the rectory office.

Last Sunday $ 32,597

Holy Spirit School $ 1,845

Giving

Special Collections coming up: New! Fire Relief—December 16

Corner News and Events

Simbang Gabi Novena Help 5:30 am | December 16- 24

You are invited to join the Simbang Novena at 5:3o am on December 12-24. If you’d like to help, please contact the committee you are in-terested in serving with. Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors: Sign-up sheet will be available at the vestibule in the All Saints side of the church. Please contact Sylvia Alijentera (510) 507-2135 or Femy Fonacier (408) 307-0359. Other Comittees: Mass sponsorship: Pat Saturnio (510) 468-7321 Music: Nitz Agbayani (510) 676-3912 Breakfast: Chito Agbayani (510)366-0111 Souvenir Booklet: Bella Asis (510) 791-6121.

Diocesan Simbang Gabi Kick off Bus leaving at 4:30 pm | December 11 | $20

We're chartering a bus for the Diocesan Sim-bang Gabi on Tuesday, December 11th. The bus will leave Holy Spirit at 4:30 pm sharp, and re-turn from the Cathedral at 9:30 pm that even-ing. The Diocesan Simbang Gabi Mass will be at 7 pm, It will be served by our Acolyte Bishop's team, and there is a reception following Mass. The cost for the bus is $20 per person. If you'd like a seat on the bus, you can pay for your seat at the next Filipino Society food sale on 12/02. Please contact Pat Saturnio, 510-468-7321 or Barney Chan, 510-371-9714 to make your pay-ment and get a seat on the bus. The bus will sell out quickly so don't delay.

Please Welcome our Newly Baptized!

Charmie, Aiden and Omar

A Big Thank You

The Paglieri Family and SQUIM would like to thank the Parish clergy and staff, HS Filipino Society, Knights of Columbus, Boy Scouts, Hon-or and Senior Courts, HS School volunteers, Ma-nila Turo Turo, Mary Paglieri and Colby Carr and Pat & Geoff Saturnio for the huge success of Sopas Koreano.

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Holy Spirit Survey 1. How do you receive information from Holy Spirit Church? (Check all that apply) � Bulletin � Weekly Email � Website � After Mass announcements � Social Media (Facebook, Instagram) � Ministry Leaders/Friends in the Church community 2. How do you WANT to receive information from Holy Spirit Church? (Check all that apply) � Bulletin � Weekly Email � Website � After Mass Announcements � Social Media (Facebook, Instagram) � Text Messages � Ministry Leaders/Friends in the Church Community

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3. What information would you like to have on Holy Spirit Social Media (Facebook & Instagram)? � Info on ministries and events � Catholic Teachings � Reflections on readings � Quotes/key takeaways from the weekly Homily � Ways to get to know my parish community better

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4. In which of the following are you interested? � How to get involved in ministries � Upcoming events � Adult Faith Formation opportunities � How to receive sacraments/become Catholic (Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Communion) � Catholic Teachings

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5. What suggestions do you have for improving Communications and publicity at Holy Spirit? (ex. Digital bulletin that is readable on a mobile phone) __________________________________________________________________

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Please help us improve by completing this short survey. Please turn into the office by December 30. If you would like to complete this survey online, please go to survey.holyspiritfremont.org